That's quite remarkable but not what I meant. 
A Mercedes in 1956
it's impossible, just because the 1955 edition...
Remarkable points about 1956 edition:
The winning car wasn't a factory car but the personal car of RON Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson.
70% of the cars didn't finish the race, only 14 over 50 finished.
Jean-Marie Lelievre became the new president of the ACO
A lot of changes has been made along the track: the track is 2 metres downer to the grandstands, they built
the stairs, also called uncovered grandstands, they built 60 new stands with the apparition of an upper level for sponsor receptions, a large hill which is 1.2 m high is erected all along the track, the tunnel from the general entrance to the shampoo bar is inaugurated and each stand has his own gas pump with a counter and a filtering system,...
... anything else in 1956 ??
A tiny DB with a Panhard 750cc engine (I've got nearly the same in my car) win the indice of performance before the 1500cc Porsche.
... anything else??
The first year hgb attented to the race ??
